Software tools for
plagiarism checking
Challenges in paper writing
• Writing a research paper poses challenges in gathering literature and
providing evidence for making your paper stronger.
• Using previously established ideas and values and adding relevant
information in your paper are necessary steps, but these need to be
done with caution without falling into the trap of plagiarism.
• In order to understand how to avoid plagiarism, it is important to know
the different types of plagiarism that exist.
• Plagiarism is presenting someone
else's work or ideas as your own,
with or without their consent, by
What is
incorporating it into your work
without full acknowledgement.
plagiarism? • All published and unpublished
material, whether in manuscript,
printed or electronic form, is covered
under this definition.
How to avoid plagiarism
in a research paper?
1. Paraphrase your content
2. Use Quotations
3. Cite your Sources
4. Maintain records of the sources you refer to
5. Use plagiarism checkers
1. Paraphrase your content
• Do not copy–paste the text verbatim from the reference paper.
Instead, restate the idea in your own words.
• Understand the idea(s) of the reference source well in order to
paraphrase correctly or you may directly use an online
paraphrasing tool to paraphrase your content effortlessly.
• Examples on good paraphrasing can be found here (
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html)
2. Use Quotations
• Use quotes to indicate that the text has been taken from another
paper.
• The quotes should be exactly the way they appear in the paper you
take them from.
3. Cite your Sources – Identify what does and does not
need to be cited
• The best way to avoid the misconduct of plagiarism is by self-checking your
documents using plagiarism checker tools.
• Any words or ideas that are not your own but taken from another paper
need to be cited.
• Cite Your Own Material—If you are using content from your previous paper, you
must cite yourself. Using material you have published before without citation is
called self-plagiarism.
• The scientific evidence you gathered after performing your tests should not be
cited.
• Facts or common knowledge need not be cited. If unsure, include a reference.
4. Maintain records of the sources you refer to
• Maintain records of the sources you refer to.
• Use citation software like EndNote or Reference Manager to manage the
citations used for the paper
• Use multiple references for the background information/literature
survey.
• For example, rather than referencing a review, the individual papers
should be referred to and cited.
5. Use plagiarism checkers
• You can use various plagiarism detection tools such as
iThenticate or Urkund to see how much of your paper is
plagiarised.
• Online plagiarism checkers tools:
• Grammarly: www.grammarly.com
• DupliChecker: www.duplichecker.com
Urkund
• URKUND is a completely automated Anti-plagiarism software and is
being successfully used at universities and colleges all around the world.
• URKUND's system checks all documents against three central source
areas: a. The Internet
b. Published material such as Journals, Books etc.
c. Previously submitted student material (e.g. memoranda, case
studies and examination works)
• URKUND Plagiarism Detection Software (by Ms Prio Infocenter-Sweden,
eGalactic–India Partner) has been selected by INFLIBNET Centre (Inter
University Centre of UGC) under Ministry of Education to enhance
quality and prevent plagiarism in research/academic publications.
IThenticate
• iThenticate is the most trusted plagiarism checker by world's top researchers, publishers,
and scholars.
• iThenticate is a plagiarism detection service from Turnitin, which also runs Plagiarism.org.
• Launched in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
• The service allows researchers to easily upload:
• Documents
• Manuscripts
• research, and other professional works
• The iThenticate software compares the uploaded files against >7052 billion web
pages and 74 million content items from leading academic publications.
• When the iThenticate comparison process is complete, a “similarity score” is
generated.
• Online plagiarism checkers tools:
Online Grammarly:
www.grammarly.com
plagiarism
tools DupliChecker:
www.duplichecker.com
Thank you
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
School of Bioengineerng & Food Technology
Shoolini University
Village Bajhol, Solan (H.P)
+91 9816321855
[email protected]
